Horse-power



(No Model.)

J. SMITH.

I HORSEY POWER. Nn. 289,154. Patented Nov. V27, 1883.

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Jenn sMITH, or sTILnWaTER, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,154, dated `November 27, 1883.

Application led April 17, 1853. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stillwater, in the county oi' TWashington and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvelnents in Horse-Powers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in horsepowers; and it has for its ob-' jects to dispense with the central portions of the master-wheel-i. e., the hub and armsso that a stationary platform may be arranged of the same, and Fig. 3 al detached sectional View Of a portion of the apparatus.

The letter Aindicates'a rectangular frame, which supports the working parts oi' my apparatus, and B the master-wheel, which is in the form of an annulus having a series of internal cog-teeth, G. The said annulus is supported and adapted to travel upon anti-friction-wheels D, which are j ournaled upon studs projecting from the'brackets E, attached to the sides of the frame. .The said annulus is helddown upon thevfrictionlwheels by means of thenpper t'riction-wheels, F, which 'are journaled on studs projecting from the brackets G, secured to the upper part of the frame, the said brackets in some instances being provided with horizontal cog or friction wheels H, which bear against the inner portion of the annulus. These several wheels con.-

:ne the annulus and cause it to travel truly. The annulus at suitable points at its edge is provided with brackets I and sockets K, for the reception of the sweeps or levers L, and are so arranged that the said sweeps or levers will set tan gentially tO its periphery, as shown, in 'order that as great a number as possible of such sweeps or'levers may be employed, when desired.

Ihe lett-er M indicates two pinions, which are mounted upon vertical shafts N, the lower ends of which are journaled in suitable bearings, l?, at the lower part of the frame, fthe upper ends being journaled in adjustable bearings R in the brackets S, secured to the upper part of the frame, the journals being ad` j usted by the set-screws T to compensate for wear. The pinions intergear with the cogteeth on the inside of the annulus, so as to irnpart motion to the vertical shafts when said annulus is rotated. The vertical shaftscarry the beveled cog-wheels U, which intermesh with beveled pinions on the horizont-al shaft V, which extends longitudinally below the master-wheel, and which is journaled in suitable bearings in the frame A.. Thessaid shaft is provided midway between its ends with a cog-wheel, A', which intermeshcs with a pinion, B', through which motion is imparted by means of any suitable system of gearing, to the machinery to be driven. Instead Of the coggearing above mentioned, a system of frictiongearing may be employed.

y JOHN SMITH.

Witnesses:

LOUIS WOLF,

JUnIUs DUEL. 

